Ben Hopkins is a screenwriter, film-maker and novelist. Born in Hong Kong. Grown in North London. Educated at Oxford and the Royal College of Art. Has lived in London and Istanbul. Now lives in Berlin. Speaks English, German, Italian, Turkish and French. His films include features and shorts, fiction and documentary, and have won awards at festivals such as Berlin, Locarno, Antalya and Toronto Hot Docs. Works predominantly as a screenwriter, writing films in all genres for other directors. |
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DECEMBER 2023: My novel CATHEDRAL is available in bookshops in the UK and the USA and from online retailers internationally. See the "Books" page on this website for reviews and more details.
My script FUZE - an action movie/thriller for director David Mackenzie and Sigma Films... has attracted much interest and is now out in search of cast and financing.
INSIDE, the film whose screenplay I wrote, is out now - it was released in cinemas in some countries and now is widely available for streaming and on DVD/BluRay. It stars Willem Dafoe.
For the same Greek team that made INSIDE I have started work on writing YUGOSLOVE (working title) - a road movie following a couple journeying around the countries of the former Yugoslavia.
LIMONOV, a film whose screenplay I wrote with Pawel Pawlikowski & Kirill Serebrennikov, starring Ben Whishaw, directed by Serebrennikov, is awaiting release.
I have just started work on a new screenplay for producer David Kosse at Rockwood Pictures - details to follow.
My last new novel, GHOSTS. has failed to find a publisher, which is very disappointing. Meanwhile I've started work on a further novel, set in the 17th Century Ottoman Empire. It should take some years to write, I fear.
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